{"id":21996,"date":"2025-12-11T11:44:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/?p=21996"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:46:33","slug":"european-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/news\/21996\/","title":{"rendered":"European Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/1.EKKC2025-43-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/1.EKKC2025-43-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/1.EKKC2025-43-1-300x105.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 22<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;European Open &amp; European Cup Karate Championships was held on December 6<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and 7<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in Bucharest, Romania, organized by Romania Branch Chief Shihan Toader Florian, supervised by Shihan Katsuhito Gorai. 900 competitors from 21 countries took part in the two-day Championships. The first day of the competition started with kata and kumite for juniors and the second day for seniors, men and women.&nbsp;On December 8<sup>th<\/sup>, IKO Training Seminar was conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Osu,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2.EKKC2025-131.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2.EKKC2025-131.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2.EKKC2025-131-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/3-2.EKKC2025-1839.jpg\" 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